The Cavell Case (1918)

Edith Cavell leaves her sweetheart George Brooks to follow her calling. When they meet later, George is a middle-aged blind man with a son, Frank (Creighton Hale). Edith becomes George's nurse, and his eyesight is restored through an operation. When World War I breaks up, Edith goes to Belgium to teach other nurses. The Germans take possession of her hospital, but she still manages to attend to the wounded British soldiers. There she discovers Frank and helps him escape. For this, she is arrested, tried, and executed by firing squad, despite entreaties from other nations to spare her.